Masahiro Tanaka

TDG Roundtable: Free Agents that Could Use a Change of Scenery
Every week on Mondays/whenever we get to them, our writers here at The Dynasty Guru will be bringing you some quick hit musings about a particular topic so you, the reader, can get a blast of info from a bunch of different writers with some passionate opinions. This week’s roundtable

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings March 2020
The 2020 season is just about upon us, and TDG ranking SZN is almost concluded. So far the incredible rankings team of 26 writers has ranked and written up more than 600 players. Now that all the positional rankings have been completed and released, that just leaves one left: The

The Dynasty Guru’s 2020 Top 200 Dynasty League Starting Pitchers, #61-90
WELCOME! Our brave group of writers has been ranking, debating, re-ranking, re-debating, and re-re-ranking over 600 players for dynasty leagues. The fruits of our efforts will be filling January and February with the deepest, most thoroughly and painstakingly selected dynasty baseball rankings on the internet. We have top-40s, top-50s, top-125s,

Prognosticating Punch Outs and Passes, Free
One month of baseball is in the book; enough for walks and strikeouts to become 50% reliable for pitchers, or at least 50% reliable indicator of past talent. As Eno Sarris highlighted in his recent starting pitcher rankings update, velocity, and strikeout minus walk rate are two indicators fantasy baseballers

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 200 Starting Pitchers, #31-60
Despite a scorching hot stove (I can’t believe the player you’re thinking of did or did not sign with the team you thought they would!), January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty Guru is
TDG Podcast, Episode 27: RP Ranks and Listener Questions!
The Boys are back! This week the boys break down TDG’s RP rankings way more in-depth than is necessary! Suggested talking points- service time is dumb, Patrick tries to take Ian’s job, Patrick’s cat updates, getting angry about relievers, bat flips and back flips, minor league roster construction, Matt Olson

TDG Podcast, Episode 26: SP Ranks and Listener Questions!
The Boys are back! This week the guys break down TDG’s SP rankings and answer your listener questions! Suggested Talking Points- The Twins rotation, old pitchers, Keaton upsets Ian, Patrick buys Ian’s love, the cameo from Keaton’s cat, the cameo from Ian’s wife, yelling about Chris Archer, Lance Lynn, and Jeff Samardzija, next

Dismissing Concerns about Ohtani
I am here to tell you that, before he has even thrown a pitch in the major leagues, Shohei Ohtani should be considered a top 10 fantasy starting pitcher. In part one, I’ll be talking about the concerns that many fantasy analysts have to question his value. Come read further

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 200 Starting Pitchers, #21-50
It’s been a slow off-season. Like, a really slow off-season. With the hot stove frigid, fantasy baseball players haven’t had many ways to quench their thirst, unless they’ve thrown themselves head-first into football, basketball, or hockey. January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 200 Dynasty Starting Pitchers, Nos. 21-40
It’s the time of the year where we offer congratulations to those of you brave dynasty league owners that survived the offseason. The greatness that 2016 will surely offer is upon us and that means we’ll be spending the next six weeks moving our way through the positional landscape, offering thoughts